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How to Prevent Mice in the toaster dannydee 03-08-2008
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Posted by on March 8, 2008, 5:37 am
We live in the country. No matter how well I plug every small hole or
gap in the house, sooner or later a mouse is going to get indoors.
They are known to chew their own holes to get in. I dont know who is
worse in this house, because both my wife and myself tend to get
pretty panicky when they get in. I dont mind them in the least
outdoors, but once in the house, it's like they are going to attack
us. My wife even has nightmares about them if there has been one in
the house lately, and she just had one of them, which woke me up.

What happened was this morning she went to the kitchen to make some
toast and as she was inserting the bread, a mouse jumped out of the
toaster. After that incident I had a feeling she would have a
nightmare tonight, and I was right.

My reason for this message is to ask if anyone knows of a way to make
a cover for a toaster, or do they sell them? Once a mouse gets in the
toaster, she throws it in the trash. I really dont blame her, because
there really is no way to wash the whole thing and the mice leave a
disgusting mess in the bottom, if you know what I mean.

Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
each year and always because of mice. This is getting pretty costly.
After the mouse jumping out at her last morning, she said she will
never use a toaster again unless it's kept covered or in some sort of
enclosure where mice can not get inside. At the same time, I am not
going to buy another one until we find a means to enclose it. I don't
understand why they dont make toasters that can be closed up after
use. Mice a fairly common in the country, and even in the city people
do get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
droppings with their toast and never realize it. And even without
mice, toasters being open on the top are not the most sanitary at
anytime.

If anyone has any solutions or ideas, please reply.

Thanks

Dan

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Posted by Dr. Hardcrab on March 8, 2008, 7:15 am
Get a cat....


> We live in the country. No matter how well I plug every small hole or
> gap in the house, sooner or later a mouse is going to get indoors.
> They are known to chew their own holes to get in. I dont know who is
> worse in this house, because both my wife and myself tend to get
> pretty panicky when they get in. I dont mind them in the least
> outdoors, but once in the house, it's like they are going to attack
> us. My wife even has nightmares about them if there has been one in
> the house lately, and she just had one of them, which woke me up.
>
> What happened was this morning she went to the kitchen to make some
> toast and as she was inserting the bread, a mouse jumped out of the
> toaster. After that incident I had a feeling she would have a
> nightmare tonight, and I was right.
>
> My reason for this message is to ask if anyone knows of a way to make
> a cover for a toaster, or do they sell them? Once a mouse gets in the
> toaster, she throws it in the trash. I really dont blame her, because
> there really is no way to wash the whole thing and the mice leave a
> disgusting mess in the bottom, if you know what I mean.
>
> Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
> each year and always because of mice. This is getting pretty costly.
> After the mouse jumping out at her last morning, she said she will
> never use a toaster again unless it's kept covered or in some sort of
> enclosure where mice can not get inside. At the same time, I am not
> going to buy another one until we find a means to enclose it. I don't
> understand why they dont make toasters that can be closed up after
> use. Mice a fairly common in the country, and even in the city people
> do get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
> droppings with their toast and never realize it. And even without
> mice, toasters being open on the top are not the most sanitary at
> anytime.
>
> If anyone has any solutions or ideas, please reply.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan


Posted by ransley on March 8, 2008, 7:38 am
On Mar 8, 4:37=A0am, danny...@nospammm.com wrote:
> We live in the country. =A0No matter how well I plug every small hole or
> gap in the house, sooner or later a mouse is going to get indoors.
> They are known to chew their own holes to get in. =A0I dont know who is
> worse in this house, because both my wife and myself tend to get
> pretty panicky when they get in. =A0I dont mind them in the least
> outdoors, but once in the house, it's like they are going to attack
> us. =A0My wife even has nightmares about them if there has been one in
> the house lately, and she just had one of them, which woke me up.
>
> What happened was this morning she went to the kitchen to make some
> toast and as she was inserting the bread, a mouse jumped out of the
> toaster. =A0After that incident I had a feeling she would have a
> nightmare tonight, and I was right. =A0
>
> My reason for this message is to ask if anyone knows of a way to make
> a cover for a toaster, or do they sell them? =A0Once a mouse gets in the
> toaster, she throws it in the trash. =A0I really dont blame her, because
> there really is no way to wash the whole thing and the mice leave a
> disgusting mess in the bottom, if you know what I mean. =A0
>
> Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
> each year and always because of mice. =A0This is getting pretty costly.
> After the mouse jumping out at her last morning, she said she will
> never use a toaster again unless it's kept covered or in some sort of
> enclosure where mice can not get inside. =A0At the same time, I am not
> going to buy another one until we find a means to enclose it. =A0I don't
> understand why they dont make toasters that can be closed up after
> use. =A0Mice a fairly common in the country, and even in the city people
> do get them indoors. =A0This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
> droppings with their toast and never realize it. =A0And even without
> mice, toasters being open on the top are not the most sanitary at
> anytime. =A0
>
> If anyone has any solutions or ideas, please reply.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan

Have you ever heard of mouse traps and mouse poison, I guess not

Posted by Norminn on March 8, 2008, 7:55 am
clipped

>do get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
>
>
You get droppings and body parts before wheat becomes toast; read up on
food safety
standards and you will find a minimum allowable level of stuff allowed.
Envision a grainary
and the feast it offers to rodents. Then picture the grainary being
emptied and the wheat
being milled for flour......rodents have lived and died in the stuff,
and some unfortunate is
bound to be milled along with the flour. You also get larvae in pasta
and nuts, so be aware
the world is not sterile outside of your toaster.

It only takes a few crumbs to attract mice - cereal, pet food, flour,
etc. Clean up the kitchen
thoroughly, every crack, crevice and cupboard. Put mouse edibles into
sealed plastic or
metal containers. Put traps in the nice, warm, cozy places that mice
like to nest in ....
around pilot flame, fridge motor. Mice need only about 1/4" opening to
get into the
house, but making the house less attractive is the key. I used to get a
mouse or two
every fall when the weather turned cold. It was easy to get rid of
them. If the toaster
is the only food source, mebbe storing it in a closed plastic bin would
cure the visitors.

>droppings with their toast and never realize it. And even without
>mice, toasters being open on the top are not the most sanitary at
>anytime.
>
>If anyone has any solutions or ideas, please reply.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dan
>
>

Posted by Jim Elbrecht on March 8, 2008, 8:35 am
On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:37:32 -0600, dannydee@nospammm.com wrote:

-snip-
>Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
>each year and always because of mice.

If you have that many mice you should be thinking about an
exterminator- or at least a bunch of traps/poison.


-snip-
>use. Mice a fairly common in the country, and even in the city people
>do get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
>droppings with their toast and never realize it.
-snip-


I get an occasional mouse. And I trap him, and all his kin- then I
don't see any [or any sign] for a year or two.

An appliance garage might make your wife less squeamish-
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2131788200102275251evfEKs

But don't let her read this site or she might want you to kill some of
the critters-
http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/
You can get a few interesting viruses just by sharing living quarters
with mice.

Jim

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